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How does BJJ deal with dirty fighting?

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    Marshal D. Carper says:

    Dirty fighting typically constitutes actions like biting, eye-gouging, hair-pulling, oil-checking, and so on.

    The way BJJ addresses dirty fighting is tied to the core philosophy of BJJ: position is king. Establishing positional control and dominance puts you in a position where you are relatively safe from attacks and have the control necessary to launch calculated, effective attacks of your own. By building your self-defense techniques around this philosophy, you reduce the likelihood that an attempt to gouge your eyes or to bite your arm would seriously harm you.

    In fact, when you have the dominant position, you are typically in a far better position to use these attacks than your opponent. Whether you use them is up to you, but it’s probably in your best interest to end the fight as cleanly as possible—whether that means a quick choke or controlling your attacker until the police arrive. Having to explain to a judge why you scooped out an eye in a bar fight could be pretty tricky.

    Dirty fighting tactics are often seen as quick fixes for self-defense scenarios. As you learn BJJ and the power of position, you will quickly see just how effective proper positioning can be.

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